[05/08/12 - 10:14 AM]"60 Minutes" Makes the Top 10 for the Third Time in Four WeeksCBS further spins the numbers for Sunday, May 6.

[via press release from CBS]

"60 MINUTES" MAKES THE TOP 10 FOR THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR WEEKS

And Is Sunday's Top-Rated Program

Once again, 60 MINUTES has made the Nielsen Top 10. The CBS newsmagazine drew 11.73 million viewers and posted a 7.6/14 household rating and share to land at #10 in both measures, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for May 6. 60 MINUTES was also Sunday's #1 program in those categories.

It is third time in four weeks that 60 MINUTES, the #1 news broadcast, finished the week among America's 10 most-watched primetime programs.

Sunday's broadcast featured Lesley Stahl's interview of two pilots turned military whistleblowers who voiced concerns about the nation's top fighter jet, the F-22, Byron Pitts' story of two young journalists who risked their lives to expose corruption and Anderson Cooper's interview with Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps.